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Allied Warships

HMS Kandahar (F 28)

Destroyer of the K class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassK 
PennantF 28 
Built byWilliam Denny & Brothers (Dumbarton, Scotland) 
Ordered 
Laid down18 Jan, 1938 
Launched21 Mar, 1939 
Commissioned10 Oct, 1939 
Lost20 Dec, 1941 
Loss position
 
HistoryHMS Kandahar (Cdr. William Geoffrey Arthur Robson, DSO, DSC, RN) was scuttled on 20 December 1941 after sustaining severe damage on 19 December 1941 from a mine east off Tripoli, Libya.

Commanding Officer:
Cdr. William Geoffrey Arthur Robson, RN
DSO awarded on 11 February 1941
DSC awarded on 11 November 1941
31 August 1939 - 20 December 1941 


Noteable events involving Kandahar include:

23 Jun, 1940
The Italian submarine Torricelli was forced to the surface and sunk off Perim in gun-battle by the British destroyers HMS Kandahar (Cdr. W.G.A. Robson, RN), HMS Kingston (Lt.Cdr. P. Somerville, RN), HMS Khartoum (Cdr. D.T. Dowler, RN) and the British sloop HMS Shoreham (Lt.Cdr. F.D. Miller, RN).

19 Dec, 1941
While on their way to intercept an Italian convoy bound for Tripoli the British Force K (light cruisers HMS Neptune (Capt. R.C. O'Conor, RN), HMS Aurora (Capt. W.G. Agnew, RN), HMS Penelope (Capt. A.D. Nicholl, RN) and the destroyers HMS Kandahar (Cdr. W.G.A. Robson, DSO, DSC, RN, HMS Lance (Lt.Cdr. R.W.F. Northcott, RN), HMS Lively (Lt.Cdr. W.F.E. Hussey, DSC, RN) and HMS Havock (Lt. G.R.G. Watkins, DSC, RN) ran into an newly laid Italian minefield. HMS Neptune and HMS Kandahar sank while HMS Aurora was badly and HMS Penelope was lightly damaged. HMS Aurora was patched up at Malta before returning home for repairs at Liverpool from April to June 1942. HMS Penelope was repaired at Malta but was bombed on 26 March 1942 while still under repair. She left Malta on 8 April 1942 for full repairs at the New York Navy Yard in the USA. These repairs were completed in September 1942.


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